Manglona was sole participant to win two gold medals, where he took out Guam’s Ryan Bustamante in the finals round of the middleweight division.
“[He] seemed to be a class above his competition and he easily handled a very tough and technical Ryan Bustamonte,” said Trench Tech president Cuki Alvarez in an email to Marianas Variety.
Bustamante tapped out two minutes into the match via arm lock. Manglona – going undefeated through the event – advanced to the light heavyweight division’s championship round and submitted Ron Chisato via rear naked choke in two minutes.
“It was good,” said Manglona after his match. “Cuki told me about this last minute so I decided just to come down and do it. There’s been a lot of tough guys. Competition is getting better every time I come back. That’s something good.”
“As the day went on everyone got warmed up because they got one step closer to the gold medal,” he added.
The day however, wasn’t over for Ryan Bustamante, who topped the welterweight division. The Guam-based grappler outsmarted Trench Tech’s Vince Masga with a rear naked choke one minute and 35 seconds into their finals match. Gracie Barra’s Kimo Lizama downed Rey Kim via points (3-0) for third place.
Mylo ‘Locksmith’ Lassiter also claimed the heavyweight title via points (8-5), where he took on John Aguon of Guam’s Barrigada Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy. Kelvin Fitial won third place after forcing Jacob Haught to tap out with a last second guillotine choke.
Shane Alvarez earned the lightweight division’s gold medal with a clean rear naked choke on Marianas Elite’s Derrick Rangamar.
Rangamar recovered with a tight victory in the featherweight category’s championship round.
“The gold medal match between Rangamar and Guam’s Taylor Taitague was one of the most exciting match ups,” said Cuki Alvarez.
With scores tied at 0-0 and neither participant submitting, both fighters went into overtime. Rangamar immediately won after scoring points from a take down.
Guam swept the bantamweight division as Shane Aguon won first, Kenji Okiyama took second, and 15-year-old Tex Aguon took third.
Tex Aguon fought Saipan’s Tabi Jay Muna for the bronze medal and won by points.
Trench Tech thanks its sponsors: Miller Lite, Docomo Pacific, Budget Rent A Car, Century Hotel, Konflikt MMA, Tha Trapp, and Hagu Next.
Up next this year is Trench Warz 14: ‘Ground Zero,’ tentatively set for June 17 at Saipan World Resort.
